Tourism
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Street art the inspiration for Accor’s $90 million Perth hotel
Accor has announced its new Art Series hotel in Perth will be named after one of Australian street art's most…
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Sunshine Coast welcomes first international hotel in three decades
The Sunshine Coast looks likely to get its first internationally branded hotel in 30 years with a Holiday Inn Express…
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“Offensive”: Hotel group denies worker exploitation as complaints snowball
A Blue Mountains hotel group has strongly denied claims of worker exploitation made in a Sunday newspaper exposé - but…
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Marriott to be fined $178m over vast data breach
Hotel giant Marriott faces a £99 million fine from the UK's data protection watchdog for a security breach which exposed…
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Backpacker influx welcome, but we want more, says industry
Australia’s hotels, cafes, clubs and bars will see their backpacker ranks swell from this month with the government raising working…
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Famous resort derelict after years of neglect
While two Queensland islands recently revealed multi-million-dollar transformations, one former luxury resort has been revealed as shockingly run down.
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Which Australian uni is among the world’s best for tourism training?
An under-the-radar Queensland university has been ranked second in the world for the quality of its hospitality and tourism management…
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Spectacular rejuvenation revealed as ‘iconic resort’ reopens
Hayman Island by InterContinental welcomed its first guests this week following a $135 million transformation into what the hotel group…
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Australia’s best hotel sells for $50m
A syndicate of wealthy investors has paid $50 million to buy Hobart’s multi-awarded MACq 01 hotel.
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Home share giant generating billions for communities, data shows
Airbnb says it generated more than $144 billion in estimated direct economic impact across 30 countries in 2018, including $6.3…
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